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Kitchen Basics Recipes

These kitchen basics recipes are designed to make your life easier in the kitchen. From an easy white sauce, to a cheat’s white sauce recipe, the best simple pancake recipe, how to make an omelette and many more. Good cooking is not about complicated and fussy recipes, it all comes down to the kitchen basics.

Chicken katsu cutlet in slices served over a bowl of rice with spring onions, chilli slices, lime wedges and coriander as a garnish.

Chicken Recipes

Chicken Katsu Curry

beef short ribs ragu with pappardelle.

Easy Beef Recipes

Slow Cooked Beef Short Ribs Ragu

Spiced Carrot and Lentil Soup with Feta Crumble

Soups

Spiced Carrot and Lentil Soup with Feta Crumble

salmon omelette on white plate with fork.

Smoked Salmon Recipes

Easy Salmon Omelette

Honey Mustard Sausages in a bowl with a dip

Christmas Recipes

Honey Mustard Sausages

braised beef short ribs on mashed potato

Easy Beef Recipes

Red Wine Braised Beef Short Ribs

greek chicken lemon potatoes in a white dish.

Chicken Recipes

One-Pan Greek Chicken with Lemon Potatoes

homemade chicken stock in a jar.

Kitchen Basics Recipes

Easy Homemade Chicken Stock

roasted white potatoes with rosemary in a white bowl.

Side Dishes

Roasted Potatoes with Rosemary

a bowl of creamy pastina with a spoon in the bowl.

Comfort Food

Creamy & Easy Pastina

twice baked mashed potatoes in a dish with cheese on top.

Side Dishes

Twice Baked Mashed Potatoes

Side Dishes

Easy Cowboy Butter

gratin de courgettes in an enamel baking dish.

Vegetarian Dishes

Creamy Courgette Gratin (Gratin de Courgettes)

cafe de paris butter whipped on a platter.

Side Dishes

Easy Cafe de Paris Butter

whipped brown butter

Side Dishes

Easy Whipped Brown Butter

Woman with painted nails picking up a piece of toast with a piece of roasted garlic brown butter on the top.

Side Dishes

Whipped Brown Butter with Roasted Garlic

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